Sean O’Malley’s rise by the ranks continued on Saturday night time as he knocked out Aljamain Sterling to win the Bantamweight Championship in his first ever title struggle. Following the bout, we’re looking on the newest Sean O’Malley subsequent opponent odds.
Sean O’Malley Subsequent Opponent Odds
- Marlon Vera @ +150
- Merab Dvalishvili @ +350
- Aljamain Sterling @ +400
- Cory Sandhagen @ +500
- Henry Cejudo @ +800
- Petr Yan @ +1400
*Odds are for leisure functions solely
Sterling had gained 9 fights in a row, together with three title defences main as much as the primary occasion at TD Backyard in Boston on Saturday night time, however O’Malley made no mistake in ending that spectacular run.
“Suga” Sean dropped Sterling with a candy proper hand early in Spherical 2 earlier than ending the job whereas the Jamaican-American laid helpless on the bottom.
THE FULL @SUGASEANMMA KNOCKOUT!
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— UFC (@ufc) August 20, 2023
The group in Boston went wild when the struggle was stopped and there’s no secret as to why his reputation is rising fight-by-fight.
Throughout his post-fight interview, the brand new Bantamweight Champion expressed his want to defend his gold towards Marlon Vera, who had beat Pedro Munhoz earlier on within the night.
Vera famously stopped O’Malley within the first spherical once they stepped into the octagon collectively at UFC 252 in August 2020. Nevertheless, O’Malley suffered a foot damage that night time, and is out for revenge.
“That is only the start of the ‘Suga’ period,” he stated.
“I’m working this s*** till 2035, child!
“I’ll whoop Chito’s a*** in December in [Las] Vegas on the T-Cell Area.
“Let’s f***ing go, child!”
Following his feedback about eager to struggle Vera once more, that has put the Ecuadorian because the agency favorite within the newest Sean O’Malley subsequent struggle odds.
